Courtney Dauwalter Will Take Another Shot at the Olympic Trials Standard at CIM
The ultrarunner finished 1:55 outside the 2:37:00 women’s standard in Sacramento last December, and she lines up there again on Dec. 6 with a place at the 2028 Trials in St. Louis on the line.
Elite Runners
Washington High School Girls Walk Off a Cross-Country Course to Protest a Transgender Teammate
About half of Camas High School’s girls team stepped off the course and forfeited on Tuesday. The runner they object to started the season in boys’ races, and a Nov. 3 ballot measure would end her eligibility, though not until after the state championships.
Race Coverage
Two Former Champions Lead the Fields at the 2026 Delhi Half Marathon
Birhanu Legese, who won in 2015 and 2017, is going for a third title on Sunday. Irine Cheptai, the 2022 winner, comes back seven weeks after finishing second at the Sydney Marathon.
Race Coverage
Mile Zero by Zappos: Chicago 2026 with Keira D’Amato & Tanya Hvizdak
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Toronto Waterfront Marathon Pace Calculator: Your Km-by-Km Race Plan
Enter your goal and corral, and get a pace for every kilometer of Toronto’s waterfront course, built from the splits of nearly 7,000 finishers and adjusted for race-day weather.
Michael Doyle
Can Carbs Make You More Durable? How Fueling Shapes Late-Race Performance
Three new studies show carbs can help preserve your durability, but grams eaten, fuel burned, and performance preserved aren’t the same thing.
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George Scholey Claims the Rubik’s Cube Mile Record in Toronto
The British speedcuber solved four cubes and ran 5:09.25, a time he is now preparing to submit to Guinness World Records for review.
Your Ultimate Guide To the 2026 Amsterdam Marathon
Geofry Kipchumba returns to defend the fastest marathon ever run on Dutch soil, and organizers have painted a blue racing line through the corners to help him go quicker. Here are the start times, how to watch and track runners, the forecast and the elite fields.
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